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MITM: Man in the Middle Attack

Man-in-the-Middle Attack (MITM) is a type of attack where a user gets between the sender and receiver of information and sniffs any information being sent. The attacker, also known as the man in the middle, pretends to be the server to the client and the client to the server allowing him to decrypt data from both parties. In some cases, users may be sending unencrypted data, which means a man in-the-middle can easily obtain any unencrypted information. In other cases, a user may be only able to obtain the encrypted information from the attack and has to unencrypt the information before it can be read.

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MITM: Man in the Middle Attack